Maize (corn) — Production in Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea: Maize (corn) — Production was 89,000 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Production in Republic of Korea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — production in Republic of Korea stood at 89,000 t.
That represents a change of down 2.2% on the previous year and up 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Republic of Korea peaked at 154,071 t in 1980 and was at its lowest, 16,162 t, in 1961.
That places Republic of Korea 100th out of 168 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Maize (corn) — Production in Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,162 t | — |
| 1962 | 17,537 t | +8.5% |
| 1963 | 20,438 t | +16.5% |
| 1964 | 34,712 t | +69.8% |
| 1965 | 39,940 t | +15.1% |
| 1966 | 40,000 t | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 34,000 t | -15.0% |
| 1968 | 60,000 t | +76.5% |
| 1969 | 62,581 t | +4.3% |
| 1970 | 63,000 t | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 64,140 t | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 64,000 t | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 54,000 t | -15.6% |
| 1974 | 61,000 t | +13.0% |
| 1975 | 54,186 t | -11.2% |
| 1976 | 69,627 t | +28.5% |
| 1977 | 82,705 t | +18.8% |
| 1978 | 100,187 t | +21.1% |
| 1979 | 149,000 t | +48.7% |
| 1980 | 154,071 t | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 145,342 t | -5.7% |
| 1982 | 117,048 t | -19.5% |
| 1983 | 100,637 t | -14.0% |
| 1984 | 133,400 t | +32.6% |
| 1985 | 131,770 t | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 113,270 t | -14.0% |
| 1987 | 127,390 t | +12.5% |
| 1988 | 105,859 t | -16.9% |
| 1989 | 120,627 t | +14.0% |
| 1990 | 119,868 t | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 74,606 t | -37.8% |
| 1992 | 92,203 t | +23.6% |
| 1993 | 82,107 t | -10.9% |
| 1994 | 88,578 t | +7.9% |
| 1995 | 74,465 t | -15.9% |
| 1996 | 72,168 t | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 86,763 t | +20.2% |
| 1998 | 80,203 t | -7.6% |
| 1999 | 79,333 t | -1.1% |
| 2000 | 64,205 t | -19.1% |
| 2001 | 57,218 t | -10.9% |
| 2002 | 73,223 t | +28.0% |
| 2003 | 70,242 t | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 77,616 t | +10.5% |
| 2005 | 73,470 t | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 64,623 t | -12.0% |
| 2007 | 83,513 t | +29.2% |
| 2008 | 92,830 t | +11.2% |
| 2009 | 76,975 t | -17.1% |
| 2010 | 74,339 t | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 73,612 t | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 83,210 t | +13.0% |
| 2013 | 80,465 t | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 82,008 t | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 78,243 t | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 73,681 t | -5.8% |
| 2017 | 72,587 t | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 78,012 t | +7.5% |
| 2019 | 76,336 t | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 91,766 t | +20.2% |
| 2021 | 95,141 t | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 91,211 t | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 91,000 t | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 89,000 t | -2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36,152 t | 16,162 t | 62,581 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 76,184 t | 54,000 t | 149,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 124,941 t | 100,637 t | 154,071 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 85,029 t | 72,168 t | 119,868 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 73,392 t | 57,218 t | 92,830 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 77,249 t | 72,587 t | 83,210 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 91,624 t | 89,000 t | 95,141 t | 5 |
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- Bananas — Area harvested 551 ha (1990)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 27,948 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 11,613 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 319,941 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 62,617 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 5,109 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 10.85 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 19.03 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — production in Republic of Korea?
- Maize (corn) — production in Republic of Korea was 89,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 154,071 t in 1980.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,162 t in 1961.
- How does Republic of Korea rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Republic of Korea ranks 100th out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Republic of Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Maize (corn) — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.